#C17E57#C17E57

#C17E57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.099 H 50.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C17E57
RGB	rgb(193, 126, 87)
HSL	hsl(22, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(22, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 54.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, 21.86, 31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 38.58, 55.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% 0.0631 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.099 50.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1754, 26.9499, 12.5749)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C17E57 #579AC1

analogous

#C15765 #C17E57 #C1B357

triadic

#C17E57 #57C17E #7E57C1

tetradic

#C17E57 #65C157 #579AC1 #B357C1

square

#C17E57 #65C157 #579AC1 #B357C1

split-complementary

#C17E57 #57C1B3 #5765C1

monochromatic

#73452A #A0603B #C17E57 #D1A084 #E2C3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#C17E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#C17E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C17E57

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C17E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C17E57	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D17174

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c17e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 126, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.099 50.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7a387',
    500: '#c17e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c17e57;
$custom-light: #d7a387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c17e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.075,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65408,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 50.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C17E57

secondary

#A4C0D0

accent

#A5D652

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C17E57

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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